Will James
@willjames.bsky.social
Seattle journalist trying to understand many of the worst things
Currently making audio documentaries with KUOW
Podcasts:
Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
Married to @sydbrownstone.bsky.social
https://www.will-james.work/
Currently making audio documentaries with KUOW
Podcasts:
Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
Married to @sydbrownstone.bsky.social
https://www.will-james.work/
KUOW link (no paywall):
Victim of unsolved Seattle CHOP killing featured in newly unearthed video
A newly unearthed video has revealed what is likely the last known footage of Antonio Mays Jr. speaking at 2020’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest just days before his death.
www.kuow.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
KUOW link (no paywall):
The industrialization of food eventually created a demand for a return to fresh, natural food.
One must hope that a similar thing will result from the flatting/narrowing of information.
One must hope that a similar thing will result from the flatting/narrowing of information.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The industrialization of food eventually created a demand for a return to fresh, natural food.
One must hope that a similar thing will result from the flatting/narrowing of information.
One must hope that a similar thing will result from the flatting/narrowing of information.
My Bloody Valentine took away their major albums.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My Bloody Valentine took away their major albums.
I agree with you, and yet this is an extremely Bluesky comment.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I agree with you, and yet this is an extremely Bluesky comment.
Shame is probably the variable. Or at least *a* variable.
The system creates the incentive. Some participants see a path to money/fame/success and follow it. Others are cowed by shame. Or maybe pride.
An absence of shame is a superpower in a lot of systems at the moment.
The system creates the incentive. Some participants see a path to money/fame/success and follow it. Others are cowed by shame. Or maybe pride.
An absence of shame is a superpower in a lot of systems at the moment.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Shame is probably the variable. Or at least *a* variable.
The system creates the incentive. Some participants see a path to money/fame/success and follow it. Others are cowed by shame. Or maybe pride.
An absence of shame is a superpower in a lot of systems at the moment.
The system creates the incentive. Some participants see a path to money/fame/success and follow it. Others are cowed by shame. Or maybe pride.
An absence of shame is a superpower in a lot of systems at the moment.
I was getting to it!
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I was getting to it!
This may seem like a subtle distinction, but it points to different causes and different solutions.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This may seem like a subtle distinction, but it points to different causes and different solutions.
Yeah, it's too bad the "mainstream media" has not reported any negative stories about Bruce Harrell.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Yeah, it's too bad the "mainstream media" has not reported any negative stories about Bruce Harrell.
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Didn’t Katie Wilson tell KUOW the checks arrive every couple of months?
To me, that would suggest it started sooner than September.
To me, that would suggest it started sooner than September.
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Didn’t Katie Wilson tell KUOW the checks arrive every couple of months?
To me, that would suggest it started sooner than September.
To me, that would suggest it started sooner than September.
I think The Stranger should be careful about accusing a fellow journalist of making a factual error — a really serious thing — when they’re actually making a more subtle point about context and framing.
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I think The Stranger should be careful about accusing a fellow journalist of making a factual error — a really serious thing — when they’re actually making a more subtle point about context and framing.
Is there a difference? Sure. In the first case, a reader might assume the parental support has gone on for ~ two years. Now we know it’s closer to one year.
Helpful to know. Does this justify The Stranger calling another journalist’s reporting inaccurate?
Helpful to know. Does this justify The Stranger calling another journalist’s reporting inaccurate?
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Is there a difference? Sure. In the first case, a reader might assume the parental support has gone on for ~ two years. Now we know it’s closer to one year.
Helpful to know. Does this justify The Stranger calling another journalist’s reporting inaccurate?
Helpful to know. Does this justify The Stranger calling another journalist’s reporting inaccurate?